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Explanation: Iodine is a molecular element, it consists out of only one type of atom. Atoms being synthesized implies some nuclear reaction or decay going on, b

Explanation: Iodine is a molecular element, it consists out of only one type of atom. Atoms being synthesized implies some nuclear reaction or decay going on, both would cause radiation.

iugtmkbdfil834 2y ago
Thank you. For the life of me I could not figure out why that is true.
MawKKe 2y ago
I mean, it's possible that at some point evolution produced such nuclear reactored individual, but who got "naturally selected" rather quickly for obvious reasons
- jaggederest 2y ago
  If you read some of the Dune supplementary materials, the sandworms are biological nuclear reactors. It's kinda handwavey but it's a cool concept - how do you keep a creature the size of a freight train moving constantly in a very thick medium... how about harvesting fissionables?
- tzs 2y ago
  See the Isaac Asimov story "Pâté de Foie Gras" from the September 1956 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, available here [1] on the Internet Archive. [1] https://archive.org/details/sim_astounding-science-fiction_1956-09_58_1/page/103/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/sim_astounding-science-fiction_1...